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The Toronto Blue Jays have picked up where they left off againstthe Baltimore Orioles.Ricky Romero now gets his chance to continue his own dominanceof the Orioles, and Adam Lind's scheduled return may boost thosechances.Romero looks to extend his personal winning streak to four, andLind is expected back from injury when these teams meet at CamdenYards on Saturday night.Toronto (29-28) has won 21 of 27 against Baltimore (25-30) andwent 15-3 in the season series last year. The Blue Jays carriedthat success into 2011, winning 8-4 on Friday.Romero (5-4, 2.88 ERA) went 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA in four startsagainst Baltimore last year.The left-hander, Toronto's leader in wins, ERA and strikeouts(66), has been outstanding over his last four starts, going 3-0with a 1.21 ERA. He yielded two runs in seven innings of a 13-4 winover Chicago on Sunday.Lind is slated to be the designated hitter Saturday after he wasactivated from the disabled list following the series opener. Thefirst baseman has been out since May 8 with a lower backstrain.He was on a tear prior to getting hurt, hitting .457 with sixhomers and 15 RBIs in 12 games. Lind has a .343 average over hislast nine meetings with Baltimore.Toronto's J.P. Arencibia is batting .308 with six RBIs in thelast six games after connecting for his first grand slam Friday.The catcher is hitting .255, but his nine homers and 30 RBIs rankamong the rookie leaders, while 19 of his 41 hits have gone forextra bases.Arencibia is vastly more productive versus left-handers,compiling a .357 average with four homers. He's hitting .218against righties."He's done an excellent job at the plate and behind the plate,and (Friday) he had a very good game all-around," manager JohnFarrell said.The Orioles, losers of six of seven, will turn to Jake Arrieta(6-3, 4.97). The right-hander will be looking to rebound from oneof his worst performances of the season in trying to gain a shareof the AL wins lead.He surrendered four runs and four hits with four walks in 2 1-3innings of a 4-3 loss at Seattle on Monday."I'm pretty upset about this one,tera gold," Arrieta told the Orioles'official website.Arrieta was impressive in his only start versus Toronto on Sept.14, allowing four hits with five strikeouts in six scorelessinnings of an 11-3 win at Camden Yards.Adam Jones is batting .407 with 11 RBIs in his last 12 homegames, and he's hitting .347 with seven RBIs over his past 12meetings with Toronto.Jones is 8 for 23 with a homer against Romero.The Orioles' 37 errors rank among the most in the AL, and theyhave committed 12 in nine games. Mark Reynolds' error Friday - his11th - led to two runs for Toronto.